生き物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	物
い Grade: 1	もの Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

生き (iki, stem of 生きる (ikiru, “to live”)) +‎ 物 (mono, “thing”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) いきもの [ìkímóꜜnò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- (Tokyo) いきもの [ìkíꜜmònò] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ikʲimo̞no̞]

Noun

生き物 (hiragana いきもの, rōmaji ikimono)

Synonym of 生物 (seibutsu, “organism; life form”)

References

1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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